(one synonym : Thermisia tenebrica Lucas, 1892) CATOCALINI, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: Don Herbison-Evans, Bundaberg, Queensland)
This Caterpillar was found on
in Bundaberg. It was smooth, tubby, and green with yellow between the segments. The caterpillar grew to a length of about 3 cms.
The wings of the adults are half brown and half yellow. The moths have a striking black prothorax. The moths have a wingspan of about 5 cms.
It is an inhabitant of rain-forests on the north-east coast of Australia, including
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, fig. 45.11, p. 451.:
Achille Guenée,
Ophiusidae,
in Boisduval & Guenée:
Histoire naturelle des insectes; spécies général des lépidoptères,
Volume 9, Part 7 (1852), p. 234, No. 1644, and also
Plate 22, fig. 1.
Thomas P. Lucas,
On 34 new species of Australian Lepidoptera, with additional localities,
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 8 (1892), pp. 89-90.
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(updated 30 May 2013, 15 August 2023)